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Modern Love at the Movies: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories

Modern Love at the Movies: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories

FromModern Love


Modern Love at the Movies: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories

FromModern Love

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The New York Times’s film critic Alissa Wilkinson has a theory about movies: They’re all about relationships. No matter how big the action, the suspense and tension we experience when watching a film is often really about the feelings between the characters.But romantic relationships often fall back on old tropes, like the long-suffering wife of an ex-cop who can’t resist that one last, risky case. (We all know her; she leaves teary voice messages urging him to be safe.) Some of this year’s Oscar-nominated films give us fresher portraits of love. Alissa and our host, Anna Martin, discuss the relationships that defy convention or easy definition, and push us to reconsider how we think about human connection, in three of those movies: “Poor Things,” “Maestro” and “Past Lives.”
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Modern Love features top actors performing true stories of love, loss, and redemption. It has included performances by Kate Winslet, Uma Thurman, Angela Bassett, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sterling K. Brown, and more. A collaboration between WBUR and The New York Times.